greenergp Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yesterday while out shooting i had a blooper cartridge, i saw the shot leave the barrel and when i checked the barrel and out came loads of unburned powder and the wad was stuck 1/2 way down, got it cleared no problem This must have come from a cartridge that dropped in the mud last week, it was quickly picked up and dried off, but moisture must have got in via the primer, i now plan to seal the primers by painting nail varnish around and over them.......is it reccomended and does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super sharp shooter Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 I would of thought the primmer would be fairly well sealed and not the cause of the wet powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) I've done it before .... use different colours to denote shot sizes ...... It does work. Edited September 30, 2016 by Smokersmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy RV Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Shellac is the defence industry standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Primer are sufficently pressurised not to allow water in. When i go wildfowling shells get wet all the time and i hardly dry them. Only think i can think off is a poorly fitted primer or a dodgy/really old one. I had that happening to me with the .410 when using some of my great grandpa primers (mostly old 645) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 If it gives you confidence in your cartridges carry on. plenty of mine have had a good dunking when fowling with no problem but have had game carts that when rain ran into my pocket and ruined them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Was it eley that did the maximum waterproof? Dont know how they were as im sure it was a standard crimp and not sealed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) I found this on a track trodden into the mud. I wondered if it would still fire so I chambered it and it fired and took a pigeon just like it was brand new out of the box. A blooper is rare but the primer must have worked or the powder wouldn't have been ignited at all. So I don't think you need to mess about with sealing primers. I don't think that the cartridge that you dropped on the ground/water would have been subjected to what this cartridge has. No idea how long it had been in the mud. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/yehti/media/189_8956_zps3uiuubom.jpg.html][/url] Edited October 4, 2016 by fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 No way would i have put that cartridge in any of my guns, it might have marked the breech face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 No way would i have put that cartridge in any of my guns, it might have marked the breech face. I've got an old wet day gun that I fired it in. I did have my doubts that the cartridge was going to work but the need to experiment was the driver. I took it out when I had a walk round and the pigeon was unlucky. It just goes to show how good and consistent ammunition is. I shoot 22 smallbore prone and the rounds are so consistent that they will shoot hundreds and hundreds to pin point accuracy. The problem is that the ammunition is far better than I am a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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